General Information
Languages
Dutch (native language)
English (fluent)
French (intermediate)
German (Intermediate)
Software
Autodesk 3D studio Max
Adobe Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere
Pixologic Zbrush
Perforce Server Management Software
Unreal Development Kit
Cryengine 3 SDK and Sandbox
Eyeon Fusion
Skills
- Full asset Pipeline (model to finished in-engine asset) for current and next-gen workflows
- Ability to seek out and use new technologies and incorporate them into the asset workflow to optimize workflow effiency
- Ability to understand advanced technical workflows and make the best of them in order to incorporate newly discovered technologies into existing workflows
- Advanced Shader creationg inside both UDK and cryengine 3 (using material editor)
- Thorough understanding of the Maxscript scripting language, and ability to use it to optimize asset workflows, along with using it to work on new workflows, combining both maxscript and the 3D studio max SDK (C++)
- Basic understanding of C++
Education
2009 - 2012 - Bachelor in Digital Arts and Entertainment at Howest University in Kortrijk, Belgium
2003 - 2009 - 6 years of secondary education at Heilig Hart Institure Heverlee in Leuven, Belgium, graduated in modern languages and sciences
Experience
2012 - 4 month internship at Larian Studios, Ghent, as 3D/technical artist (mostly jumping in where needed, focusing more on technical art than on general 3D art)
2012 - 4.5 month employment at Larian Studios, Ghent, as 3D/technical artist, following my internship (responsibilities remained the same)
Motivation
With an artistic background and education, and a technical mind, my passion for technical art comes naturally to me. I am genuinely interested in what goes on behind the scenes of a game engine, and am always curious to find out what makes a game run as fast and look as good as it does. To that end, I strive to learn something new every day, either by researching how a fancy shader I saw somewhere works, or by learning the latest techniques in game engine streaming.
Hobbies
2D art (both traditional and digital)
3D hard surface art
Games (no particular favourite genre, though i do tend to like RPG's more than I do RTS games or racing games)
Reading (mostly fantasy and sci-fi; I am a big fan of Terry Goodkind, and of course, J.R.R. Tolkien)